完型填空（共20 小题；每小题1．5分；满分30分）
阅读下面短文，然后从下列各题所给的A、 B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 36 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 37 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 38 for years—often from 39 childhood. These stories may have no 40 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical (操作机械的) skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 41 my development? I was never 42 to work on cars or be around 43 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 44 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I 45 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 46 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 47 and told him about my 48 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 49 is it that you can solve 50 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 51 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 52 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 53 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 54 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 55 we choose.
A．away B．down C．up D．off
A．yourself B．myself C．them D．others
A．said B．repeated C．spread D．spoken
A．as long as B．as much as C．as well as D．as far back as
A．cause B．plot C．basis D．meaning
A．affect B．improve C．lead D．change
A．hoped B．demanded C．encouraged D．agreed
A．means B．hammers C．facilities D．tools
A．therefore B．however C．instead D．somehow
A．took B．turned C．settled D．got
A．negative B．active C．passive D．subjective
A．roads B．trips C．experiences D．paths
A．unexpected B．average C．excellent D．poor
A．When B．Why C．How D．What
A．common B．advanced C．complex D．primary
A．suffer B．separate C．arise D．come
A．adopt B．suspect C．believe D．receive
A．weakening B．accepting C．abandoning D．strengthening
A．As a result B．On the contrary C．In addition D．At the same time
A．nothing B．something C．anything D．all
第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节, 满分37.5分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Dreams are necessary in our life. We know that about 25% of our _ 21__ time is spent dreaming. This is true for everyone, whether you are the kind of person who ordinarily remembers your dreams or not. Often our dreams show us “the other side of the picture”, 22 us aware of the things we have failed to take conscious 23 of during the day. For instance, if you dream that your new boss, who seems gruff (语言粗暴的) and unfriendly during the working hours, is smiling at you and 24 you for your work, perhaps you have subliminally (下意识地) 25 up signals that day that his bark is worse than his bite.
All of us need dreams, and the 26 we are, the more necessary they appear to be. Babies spend 27 half their sleep in the dreaming phase. When adult subjects in an experiment were given drugs that eliminated（排除）their 28 for several nights, they became increasingly irritable（易怒的） and 29 , and often began having difficulty concentrating. Too much dreaming appears to have its drawbacks too. If you doze late on Sunday mornings, you often wake up feeling tired. The 30 is that the more you sleep, the longer your dreams become.
21. A. playing B. working C. sleeping D. resting
22. A. taking B. going C. bringing D. making
23. A. charge B. interest C. notice D. care
24. A. praising B. blaming C. criticizing D. celebrating
25. A. put B. picked C. looked D. took
26. A. bigger B. smaller C. older D. younger
27. A. rarely B. hardly C. nearly D. mostly
28. A. dreaming B. thinking C. acting D. supporting
29. A. anxious B. cheerful C. careful D. enthusiastic
30. A. cause B. reason C. excuse D. explanation
第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节, 满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Guardian newspaper once printed a story about a man who tripped over his shoelace in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Falling down some steps, he ___21____ three priceless Qing Dynasty vases, which fell to the ground and broke into more than 400 pieces. He was sitting there in ___ 22___ when the museum staff arrived. Everyone stood around in silence --- only the man kept pointing to the ___23___, saying, “There it is! That’s what made me fall.”
Man has been blaming others at least since Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent(蛇). Roman emperors liked to kill ____ 24___ who brought bad news; and in the Middle Ages a prince would often be given a “whipping boy” --- an unlucky servant who could be ___25____ whenever his master had misbehaved. Today, you’ll see how blaming others has turned into big __26_____ business. In one famous case, McDonald’s was ordered to pay $2.7 million to a woman who ____27____ burned herself with hot coffee. Although the amount was later ___28_____ to $480,000, this case ____29___ businesses so much that they began to create 30 for their products that even an idiot（傻子）would understand. For example, “Hot coffee can be dangerous” (take away coffee cups) and “Don’t pour liquids into your television set” (instruction booklet).
21. A. broke down B. knocked over C. crashed into D. slid down
22. A. terror B. amazement C. sadness D. shock
23. A. shoelace B. vase C. steps D. pieces
24. A. servants B. ministers C. messengers D. slaves
25. A. killed B. sentenced C. rewarded D. beaten
26. A. legal B. public C. lawless D. legendary
27. A. deliberately B. accidentally C. carelessly D. attentively
28. A. increased B. reduced C. raised D. dropped
29. A. surprised B. excited C. inspired D. terrified
30. A. advertisements B. posters C. warnings D. instructions
第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节, 满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Secondhand smoke clearly kills people and the only way to control it is to ban smoking in all workplaces, US Surgeon-General Dr Richard Carmona said.
In 1964Surgeon General’s report first laid out the 21 of smoking. Years later, in another report Dr Richard Carmona 22 the effects of secondhand smoke and said no one should be forced to inhale it.
“Secondhand smoke causes early death and disease in children and in 23 who do not smoke,” the report reads. “Children 24 to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome（综合症）, acute respiratory（呼吸道） infections, and ear problems,” it adds.
Smoking by 25 causes respiratory symptoms and slows lung growth in their children. A 2005 report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 430 26 died every year in the United States from sudden infant death syndrome-all 27 by secondhand smoke.
States, 28 and other local authorities have battled over instituting（制定）smoking bans. Some 29 , especially bars and restaurants, have said they will lose business if smoking is completely banned. But the report said it is impossible to protect non-smokers even with designated smoking areas, and at least one report from California, which has strict bans, has shown no 30 on businesses.
21．A．advantages B．dangersC．poisons D．elements
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22．A．neglected B．gained C．detailed D．conquered
23．A．gentlemen B．mothers C．youngstersD．adults三．完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26-35题所给的A.Ｂ.Ｃ和Ｄ四个选项中，选出最佳
选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. However，it has
been said that today children 26 their education to go to school. The __27 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is 28 _, compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place
_29_, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the __30___ learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 31 _the experience of schooling can be known in advance, and education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a _32_ may lead to a person to discover how 33 he knows of another country . People obtain (获得) education from 34 on. Education, then, is a very ___35__ and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
26.A. impress B. interrupt C. issue D. incense
27.A. difference B. importance C. use D. problem
28.A. unexpected B. endless C. countless D. simple
29.A. anywhere B. anywhere else C. somewhere D. somewhere else
30.A. part- time B. public C. standardD. strict
31.A. If B. Because C. So D. Though
32.A. neighbor B. friend C. foreigner D. teacher
33.A. wonderful B. well C. greatly D. little
34.A. babies B. grown –ups C. women D. men
35.A. long B. broad C. narrow D. short
完型填空 (20小题，每小题1分，共20分)
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers, I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the 26 side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to27 in good health, or 28 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to29 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 30 the title. Therefore, the scissors would 31 before they start, 32 halfway done when I find out the 33 result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 34 . You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 35 up. But you know the future is unpredictable (不可预料) — the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 36 . Thus you are 37 in a difficult position and feel sad. How 38 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 39 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what 40 is like: we are often 41 with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 42 we get into another. The 43 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I 44 remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual (不经意) 45 may not be a bad one.
26. A. front B. same C. either D. opposite
27. A. get B. keep C. lead D. bring
28. A. advice B. news C. a theory D. a report
29. A. suffer B. reduce . prevent D. cause
30. A. on B. for C. without D. off
31. A. use B. handle C. prepare D. stay
32. A. or B. but C. so D. for
33. A. satisfying B. regretful C. surprising D. impossible
34. A. courage B. strength C. attention D. patience
35. A. given B. held C. made D. picked
36. A. near B. alone C. about D. behind
37. A. filled B. attracted C. caughtD. struck
38. A. dares B. comes C. deals D. does
39. A. improves B. changes C. progresses D. goes
40. A. study B. society C. nature D. life
41. A. faced B. supplied C. connected D. fixed
42. A. before B. after C. until D. as
43. A. following B. next C. above D. former
44. A. still B. also C. once D. almost
45. A. treatment B. actionC. choice D. remark